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Jul. 19th, 2013 10:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lokiofsassgaardRecently, Tumblr was acquired by Yahoo, and it's already brought about a few changes; most notably, in their handling of adult content.
It's oft been pointed out that Tumblr has loads of porn, and it's something that's always bothered me the most about the site. It's their servers, and they can do whatever the fuck they want with them, but the fact that porn is so freely-accessible, while at the same time the website is marketed to the teen and tween crowd is just really, really stupid. It's stupid legally, it's stupid economically; it's just stupid.
And now that Yahoo are actively trying to avoid getting the pants sued off them by filtering out adult content, people are freaking the fuck out.
People who aren't even old enough to be legally accessing that content in the first place. And it's even funnier when these people start screaming about censorship and the first amendment.
Frankly, I'm glad Tumblr's taking these steps. I'm also surprised they've not been sued or slapped with a huge fine yet. But if I had a kid, I would not let them go on Tumblr.
It's oft been pointed out that Tumblr has loads of porn, and it's something that's always bothered me the most about the site. It's their servers, and they can do whatever the fuck they want with them, but the fact that porn is so freely-accessible, while at the same time the website is marketed to the teen and tween crowd is just really, really stupid. It's stupid legally, it's stupid economically; it's just stupid.
And now that Yahoo are actively trying to avoid getting the pants sued off them by filtering out adult content, people are freaking the fuck out.
People who aren't even old enough to be legally accessing that content in the first place. And it's even funnier when these people start screaming about censorship and the first amendment.
Frankly, I'm glad Tumblr's taking these steps. I'm also surprised they've not been sued or slapped with a huge fine yet. But if I had a kid, I would not let them go on Tumblr.
